Find out more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in digital education technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Somalia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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